How to Answer Open Response Questions 1.Read the introduction above the passage and the bibliography if there is one. 2.Read the passage and underline key and main ideas3. Do the following on the question.Circle the action/writing words: -explain -describe -compare -support -use details -give a difference -give a similarity
*Underline the question words: - who -what -when -where -how -why
*[Bracket] the key/main words - vocabulary specific to that passage
4.Make a graphic organizer to fit the question. 5.Write your paragraph
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How to Answer Open Response Questions
1.Read the introduction above the passage and the bibliography if there is one.
2. Read the passage and underline key and main ideas3. Do the following on the question.Circle the action/writing words:
-explain
-describe
-compare
-support
-use details
-give a difference
-give a similarity
*Underline the question words:
- who
-what
-when
-where
-how
-why
*[Bracket] the key/main words
- vocabulary specific to that passage
4. Make a graphic organizer to fit the question.
5. Write your paragraph